AMERICA's infamous debt clock, near New York's Times Square, was switched off in 2000 after the national burden started to fall thanks to several years of Clinton-era budget restraint.

美国纽约时代广场旁伫立着声名狼藉的债务钟。2000年，得益于克林顿时代多年的预算限制，全国的债务状况开始好转，债务钟于是被关掉了。

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The increase will, however, be only short-lived since defence - like every other department - will feel the squeeze from the spending restraint deemed necessary to reduce the budget deficit.

但是这个增长是短命的，因为国防部——和其他各部一样——感受到必须撙节费用以降低预算赤字的压力。

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The 2010 budget, unveiled on February 9th, involves a spending increase and a deficit, but it came wrapped up in promises of restraint and future balanced budgets.

于2月9号公布的2010年的财政预算包括了开支增长和赤字，但是它被包裹在一系列管制措施和未来平衡赤字的承诺中。

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Worse trouble has been staved off by seven years of budget restraint, large foreign-exchange reserves and a hefty overseas investment portfolio.

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